Blood Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroshitsuji. Only the characters in which I own. The rating is also clearly M for a reason. Blood, Gore, Sex, Profanity, the usual. Anyway, I decided to venture into the darker recesses of my mind, so please enjoy. Also No flames, and constructive criticism is welcomed.
Summary: Just like the Rose she was both beautiful and deadly. She was beautiful like the satin red petals, and deadly like the thorns that adorn it's stem. And it was because of this that she seemed to captivate him. She was his beautiful rose and he intended on keeping it that way.
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Chapter one: Lady Rina Michelle Dalles
:::Rina's pov:::
"Mother I don't think Ciel will appreciate us showing up uninvited, Again." I stated following my mother and our butler Grell.
"Oh nonsense! My nephew loves my company! Isn't that right Grell?" My mother turned to our very meek butler.
"Yes he does Madame Red." Grell answered.
"Ugh there's no reasoning with you is there?" I rolled my eyes following them through the opened door, courtesy of Meyrin, one of my cousin's maids.
"Oh Rina my dear daughter you must learn that as a Dalles you must make a grand entrance. You simply can't just show up without your presence being known." Mother continued down the hall and slammed my poor cousin's study door open.
"Oh Ciel how are you?" Mother smiled hugging Ciel against his will.
"Mother! Put Ciel down for heaven sake! Your suffocating him!" I freed my cousin from my mother's vice grip.
"Thank you Rina." Ciel muttered as I dusted him off.
"Who else will look after you in the motherly sense. Definitely not your butler." I snorted glancing over at Ciel's most competent and pristine butler, Sebastian Michaelis.
:::Third person:::
Ciel actually smiled when Rina said that. Truth be told Rina was the only person he cared about. Not even Elizabeth was on the same level as Rina. Rina was Ciel's everything. Her safety was his top priority along side his revenge that is. She was after all the only family he had that cared about him as much as his parents did.
:::Rina's pov:::
"Is there a reason why you are here in my office or are you here just toirritate me?" Ciel directed this comment at mother, per usual.
"I actually have a case to talk to you about. You should have received a letter about it from the queen." Mother spoke.
"You mean the Jack the Ripper case?" I questioned.
"How on earth do you know my dear?" Mother asked staring at me.
"I read it in the newspaper of course! Do you not remember I read anything and everything I can get ahold of? And you call yourself my mother." I chuckled.
"I know that! You pick that up from your father. A book worm is what he was." Mother laughed.
I smiled. Mother never talks about father that much anymore. When she does she normally becomes depressed and sad but this time she seemed to smile bright. She's already been through so much after losing her ability tobare children, the loss of my baby brother orsister, the loss of father, all seemed to take a toll on her but she still continued on. That is why I admire my mother so much.
"I did get a letter. We are suppose to be going into London tomorrow to begin an investigation." Ciel spoke.
"Will Lady Rina be joining us?" Sebastian questioned looking at me.
I felt my cheeks heat slightly. He was a devilishly handsome man. I'm surprised he has yet to take a wife.
"Yes of course! I need my daughter to be near me." Mother proclaimed dramatically.
"Mother I will be there, don't get all emotional." I rolled my eyes.
"If you excuse me I have to leave to arrive at the Milford's on time. I have to tutor Elizabeth and Edward on their French and German." I smiled.
"I shall send Sebastian to accompany you." Ciel spoke up.
"Don't worry Ciel. Grell can accompany me." I smiled trying to avoid any alone time with his butler.
That man has ways of bewitching a woman. I know it.
"Nonsense I insist. Sebastian is better suited to protect you. I do not want you to be kidnapped or robbed. Grell would just cower in the corner." Ciel spoke.
I giggled. He wasn't wrong. Grell is a very scared man.
"Well then I guess I have no choice but to take up your offer dear cousin." I smiled.
Sebastian held out his hand in a gentlemen like manner.
"My lady." He smiled at me.
"Thank you ." I smiled taking his hand as he led me out.
A courteous one he is. Very handsome too. I really do not know why he is not taken. Women must throw themselves at him. Well maybe if I was in my twenties I would make myself noticeable to his eye but I'm only eighteen. Mother has yet to find me a suitable husband. Hopefully he won't be arrogant or snobbish. Oh how I hate arrogance and snobbishness. Only makes me hate being an aristocrat more.
:::Third Person:::
Rina watched Madame Red and could only shake her head as her mother, Grell, and Lau searched for tea in the most odd of places.
"Mother may I make a suggestion on to where the tea is located?" Rina asked picking up the skirt of her maroon colored dress and stepping towards her mother.
"No dear let mommy look for the tea you just sit tight." Madame red smiled at her daughter.
"If you say so mother." Rina shrugged as Grell fixed the waterfall braid she had on the back of her head.
Madame red loved the fact that Rina's hair was such a lovely shade of red. It was a bright crimson that fell to her waist in soft curls. Madame Red would always sneak into her daughter's room and comb her fingers through her silk tresses. Rina wasn't Madame Red's real daughter. Her and her husband had found her as a baby by the bank of the Thames. She wanted a child and so did her husband so they took in the child and named her Rina Michelle Burnett. Not long after Rina's first birth day did she realize she was with child. Of course that caused excitement. Until tragedy stuck. A horrible accident had her husband killed, Rina, thank god made it out with only minor scratches, but Madame red had her uterus removed in order to save her life. That moment on, she clung to Rina as a life line. As her only child Madame Red spoiled her to the best of her ability. Of course her daughter being not being materialistic never accepted the gifts but he insisted on it so reluctantly Rina agreed.
"What on earth happened to my home?!" Rina turned to find her thirteen year old cousin Ciel quite irritated.
"We couldn't find the tea so we decided to look for it." Madame Red smiled nervously.
"Has it ever dawned on you that it might be in the kitchen?" Ciel asked still irritated.
"I tried to tell them Ciel. They wouldn't listen." Rina giggled.
"A least you have the rationality to come to that conclusion." Ciel sighed.
Rina let a warm smile spread across her features. Both Ciel and Sebastian noticed how her gold eyes shimmered with a warm joyous light.
After Sebastian had prepared the tea for everyone Ciel sat down.
"He struck again. These killings are far more gruesome then any normal killings." Ciel spoke.
"The most recent victim is another prostitute by the name of Maryann Nickels. A special kind of blade was used on her. She was torn up beyond recognition." Sebastian spoke.
"The Murderer's distinctive style of killing has earned him the name Jack the Ripper." Ciel spoke seriously.
The tension was thick in the air.
"Good lord how could someone kill women like that?" Rina questioned quite disturbed by some of the news that was delivered.
She only knew what was said a few days prior. She had no clue it was this severe.
"A frightening name eh?" Lau commented.
"That's why I'm here earlier then expected. I came into town to look into the situation myself." Ciel looked at all of them with a very serious look.
"And are you sure you will be brave enough to stomach the crime scene?" Lau asked.
"And what do you mean by that?" Ciel asked placing his cup down.
Rina looked in between the two.
"Lau you shouldn't question my cousin." Rina piped up.
"The sight of the body will certainly be horrific, and one can only imagine the stench. Blood and gore everywhere. Surely it would be enough to drive some men to madness. Are you prepared to see such a scene? Your just a young boy after all." Lau had made his way to Ciel and placed his hand on his ear.
Rina stood up to stop Lau but Madame red placed and hand on her daughter's shoulder causing her to sit back down.
"I am the head of the Phantomhive's and serviced to my queen. Don't ask foolish questions." Ciel looked Lau dead in the eyes with an intensity that would have scared most men.
Sebastian looked over at Rina whom looked like she was ready to hit Lau for touching Ciel in such a manner.
"You're right, so sorry my lord." Lau removed his hand went back to his seat.
"If you ever lay a hand on Ciel like that. I will see to it you disappear." Rina had a serious look on her face.
Her eyes reflected the same dangerousness as Sebastian's. As he glared at Lau. Lau simply continued to drink his tea along with her mother.
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Ciel followed but Sebastian, Rina and the others made their way to the front of the crowd.
"Sorry my boy, but a crime scene like this is no place for a child. Now why don't you run along home?" The officer kept looking down at the paper in his hand.
"I'm here to see the victims body." Ciel spoke.
"The body?! Surely your kidding me?!" He proclaimed.
"Abberline! Well if it isn't lord Phantomhive. What are you doing here?" Asked a man in a tall hat.
"You know him sir?" Abberline asked.
"I'm here to help sir Arthur seems how your investigation is dragging a bit." Ciel pulled out a letter from the queen herself.
"The yard is perfectly capable of solving this case with out the help of the Queen's watch dog and the Blood Rose." Arthur gestured to both Ciel and Rina who help smirks.
"Very well. Come along Rina, Sebastian." Ciel spoke.
The group preceded to leave.
"Now what?" Madame red questioned.
"Now we go see an old friend of mine." Ciel spoke.
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AN:/ Tada! First chapter! I must say I enjoyed writing this. Rina was my own creation. Of course this is a slowmance between Sebastian and Rina, but there is an ooc Ciel (I'm sorry!). I thought it would be fitting if Ciel cared about Rina due to her filling in as a motherly figure for him. Anyway follow/favorite or write a review. No flames. I don't need negative Nancy's. No one likes them.
